diff --git a/src/file.c b/src/file.c
index 94ff234c..c1153732 100644
--- a/src/file.c
+++ b/src/file.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Carsten Haitzler, Geoff Harrison and various contributors
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2015 Kim Woelders
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2020 Kim Woelders
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
@@ -321,3 +321,13 @@ path_canexec(const char *file)
    Efree(s);
    return 1;
 }
+
+int
+path_canexec0(const char *cmd)
+{
+   char                exe[4096];
+
+   sscanf(cmd, "%4000s", exe);
+
+   return path_canexec(exe);
+}
diff --git a/src/file.h b/src/file.h
index 6c1a0e8b..0ac70439 100644
--- a/src/file.h
+++ b/src/file.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Carsten Haitzler, Geoff Harrison and various contributors
- * Copyright (C) 2007 Kim Woelders
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2020 Kim Woelders
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@ const char         *fullfileof(const char *s);
 
 char               *path_test(const char *file, unsigned int test);
 int                 path_canexec(const char *file);
+int                 path_canexec0(const char *cmd);
 
 #endif /* _FILE_H_ */
diff --git a/src/menus-misc.c b/src/menus-misc.c
index b0749094..e6c93c2a 100644
--- a/src/menus-misc.c
+++ b/src/menus-misc.c
@@ -316,8 +316,7 @@ FillFlatFileMenu(Menu * m, const char *file)
 
 	     if ((act) && (!strcmp(act, "exec")) && (params))
 	       {
-		  sscanf(params, "%4000s", wd);
-		  if (path_canexec(wd))
+		  if (path_canexec0(params))
 		    {
 		       Esnprintf(wd, sizeof(wd), "exec %s", params);
 		       mi = MenuItemCreate(txt, icon, wd, NULL);
diff --git a/src/menus.c b/src/menus.c
index ba693234..359801c4 100644
--- a/src/menus.c
+++ b/src/menus.c
@@ -1846,10 +1846,7 @@ MenuConfigLoad(FILE * fs)
 		  /* if its an execute line then check to see if the exec is 
 		   * on your system before adding the menu entry */
 		  if (!strcmp(s2, "exec"))
-		    {
-		       sscanf(p3, "%1000s", s3);
-		       ok = path_canexec(s3);
-		    }
+		     ok = path_canexec0(p3);
 		  if (ok)
 		    {
 		       mi = MenuItemCreate(txt, icon, p2, NULL);